Maintaining Vital Links: Transitioning our Aging Transportation Infrastructure (T3D)
Local Solutions: Northeast Climate Preparedness Conference
Moderator:Becky LupesSustainable Transport and Climate Change TeamOffice of Planning, Environment, and RealtyFederal Highway Administration
May 20, 2014
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Presenters
Peter Cusolito, CEM, CFM, Senior Security and Emergency Management Planner, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
Judy Gates, Director, Environmental Office, Maine Department of Transportation
Steven Miller, Supervisor of Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability, Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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FHWA Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Framework
1. Define Project Scope• Objectives• Relevant Assets• Climate Variables
2. Assess Vulnerability• Climate Inputs• Asset data, criticality,
sensitivity• Vulnerabilities, risk
3. Integrate Vulnerability Into Decision Making
FHWA Climate Resilience Pilot Program
Pilots will use and build on FHWA’s Climate Change & Extreme Weather Vulnerability Assessment Framework
• Vulnerability and/or adaptation • Broad geographic coverage,
range of impacts• Will further the state of practice
in the emerging area of resilience to climate change and extreme weather
• Complete late 2014/early 2015
TennesseeMaineMichiganArizonaAlaskaConnecticutMassachusettsCAMPO (Austin)Broward MPONCTCOG
New YorkIowaMarylandMinnesotaCaliforniaOregonWashingtonHillsborough MPOMTC (San Francisco)
19 Pilots
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Home Page
Module 2Identify Climate
StressorsModule 3
Select Assets
Module 4Assess
Vulnerabilities
Module 5Integrate in
Decision Making
Module 6Monitor and
Revisit
Module 1Articulate Objectives
Sensitivity Matrix
Criticality Guidance CMIP Climate DataProcessing Tool
Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool
EngineeringCase Studies
FHWA/DOT Virtual Framework and Tools
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